Hatpin



C. E. ROMBOUGH.

HATPIN. APPLICATION FILED MAY 28, I920.

1,370,559, Patented Mar. 8, 1921.

L. E Hombouflz.

UNITED STATES CHARLES E. ROMBOUGI-I, OF LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA.

HATPIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 8, 1921.

Application filed May 28, 1920. Serial No. 384,987.

To allwhom it may com-cm:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES E. ROM- BUUGH, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Long Beach, in the county of Los Angcles and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hatpins; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and ethcient construction of hat pin designed for application more especially to the crowns of hats for womens wear having more or less permanent and substantial means for mounting upon the hat so as to remain as a part thereof as long as the hat is in use and adapted to constitutc an ornamental feature thereof, and also having improved means for engaging the hair so as to substantially secure the hat on the head without disarranging the hair or causing inconvenience to the wearer, and with these objects in view, the invention consists in a construction and combination of parts of which a preferred embodiment is shown in the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a general view showing the arrangement of the securing means with reference to the hat, and the manner in which the same is engaged with the hair of the wearer.

Fig. 2 is a detail'side view of the device showing the hat crown in section to illustrate the specific mounting thereof.

Fig. 8 is an inverted plan view of the device.

Fig, 4 is an enlarged sectional view of the clamp plate, hat penetrating sleeve and stem mounted in the latter, and

Fig. 5 is a detail view, showing a slightly modified form of the invention.

The pin consists essentially of a single length of spring wire preferably highly polished so as not to chafe or cut the hair and having an axial stem and a coil 11 of which there may be any desired number of convolutions all of the same diameter, said stem being fitted with a more or less ornamental knob or finger hold 12 and being revolubly mounted in a sleeve 13 adapted to be secured in the crown 14 of a hat or bonnet, said sleeve being of a sufiicient length to penetrate the hat crown and being fitted at opposite sides of the plane of the latter, that 1s to say, inside and outside of the plane of the crown with complemental cooperating clamping plates or disks 15 and 16, which, as illustrated may be concaved on their inner or facing sides or surfaces to provide annular bearing rims indicated respectively at 17 and 18.

The button or finger hold is preferably secured to the outer end of the stem in such a way as to adapt it to be used to rotate the stem in order to turn the coil so as to feed into and thus engage the hair-on the head of the wearer or to disengage the same therefrom, and owing to the fact that the coils or convolutions are of uniform diameter, there is no tendency for the device to draw or contract the hair and thus cause an uncomfortable pulling or disarrangement of the strands of the hair, or such a disturbance thereof as to be noted after the removal of the hat, and with such a construction it is obvious that the device may be used to secure the hat in'place even where a hair net is worn for the reason that each convolution of the coil in the engagement of the device with the hair follows the path of the preceding convolution, and likewise all of the engaged portions of the coils may be withdrawn through the same path by a backward or reverse turning movement of the operating button.

In the construction illustrated the exterior clamping plate or disk is permanently secured to the outer end of the sleeve to the end that it may beuscd as a means whereby the sleeve may be turned in causing the penetration of the hat crown thereby, while the interior clamping member or disk is adjustably engaged with the sleeve, preferably by having the sleeve exteriorly threaded, to the end that by rotating the inner disk thereon, it may be adjusted toward the fixed or outer disk until the crown of the hat is clamped firmly therebetween and the pin is substantially anchored in the hat. The peripheral bearing of the disk upon the hat crown at its opposite or, in other words, outer and inner surfaces, insures a clamping action without tendency to wrinkle or distort the hat crown while insuring a firm and effective compression thereof.

In applying the device to the hat crown, the coil may first be threaded through the opening formed for its reception in the material of the crown, after which the sleeve may be turned down until the upper or outer clamping disk is in contact with the surface thereof, and then the inner disk may be threaded upon the coil until it is in position to enga e the inner end of the sleeve, after which it may be turned until a sufliciently firm clamping of the crown between the disks has been effected. The pin is then mounted for revoluble movement by means of the exterior knob or button either in engaging or disengaging the hair, and as above particularly noted, such engagement by reason of the peculiar contour of the coil may be effected with the minimum disturbance or disarrangeinent of the strands of the hair, so that even when the wearer has prepared an elaborate coiflure for evening dress and proposesto remove the hat, as at the opera or at a reception, the hat fastening means hereindescribed may be employed without disadvantage or inconvenience.

.By referring to Fig. 4 of the drawings itwill be seen that the portion 10 of the stem 10 is flattened slightly to securely lock the. stem 10 in the knob or finger hold 12. By forming the stem in this manner the material of the knob 12 will hug the stem 10 and a portion of the stem left round will fit the hold and has a firmer bearing than would be obtained by the entire stem left round.

In the modified form of the invention shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings, 1 have shown a stub shaft 19 extended laterally through the upper end of the stem 10 and through the slotted rounded end 20 of a knob or handle 21 which may be readily turned from the stub shaft 19 to upright position for rotating the stem 10 or turned to its lower position against the upperface of the hat crown 14, as shown in the drawings. It will be understood that the novel handle 21 may be of the conventional form shown or any other suitable construction.

Attention is directed to the fact that the short coil or arcuate portion 1]. connecting the main coil 11 with the stem 19 will also serve to assist in looking the hat upon the wearers hair without injury to the latter and without danger of the pin becoming caught or entangled in the hair. Furthermore, in placing the device in proper position by rotating the knob 12 the strands of hair will be permitted to slide freely over the portion 11 of the coil 11.

While the preferred embodiment of the invention has been shown and described, it

will be understood that minor changes in the details of construction and arrangement of parts may be resorted to within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

WVhat is claimed is l. A hat pin having a stem provided at its outer and inner ends respectively with a buttonor knob and ahair engaging coil. a'sleeve for penetration of a hat crown and complemental clamping disks carried by the sleeve for contact respectively with the exterior and interior surfaces of the hat crown, one of said disks being secured to the sleeve and the other being threaded thereon for adjustment toward and from the first named disk, said disks being provided with opposing annular bearing surfaces and being intermediately concaved.

2. A hat pin having a stem, means for revolubly mounting the stem in the crown of a hat, ahair engaging coil'having a plurality of convolutions of equal diameters, and an operating member pivotally mounted on the outer end of said stem and adapted at times to rest upon the hat crown.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES E. ROMBOUGH.

Witnesses J. M. BIDDLE, T. W. NVILLIAMS. 

